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Stuff I’ve recently saved to Pinboard.
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WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn is a good crash course while you wait for the adaptation starring Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway.
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On the night of 15 August 1984, a truck sagging with the weight of a dozen passengers trundled along a misty road in Cameroon, Africa. Although there had been no indication of a problem mere moments before, the vehicle suddenly sputtered and stalled. The driver turned the key, but the churning ignition was unable to reanimate the engine. Most of the Cameroonians clambered out of the vehicle to investigate, but two remained atop the truck. Within a few moments, each of the ten passengers who had stepped off the vehicle slumped to the ground. Within minutes, they were dead.
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The company’s AI algorithms gave it an insatiable habit for lies and hate speech. Now the man who built them can't fix the problem.
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One of the most interesting and commonly used concepts in the x86 architecture is Protected mode and its support in 4 modes(aka rings).
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When Google forced out two well-known artificial intelligence experts, a long-simmering research controversy burst into the open.
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A ‘pro tip’ for evaluating the quality of a piece of gear is to look at the small details, such as zippers and stitching. Cheap-minded manufacturers will skimp on those details because most people just don’t notice, and even a cheap component will often last past a basic warranty period, so it’s an easy way to increase profits without losing sales or returns.
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Developers and Open Source authors now have a massive amount of services offering free tiers, but it can be hard to find them all to make informed decisions.
This is a list of software (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, etc.) and other offerings that have free tiers for developers.
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A deep dive into `transition`, the CSS motion workhorse. We'll discover different timing functions, learn about UX and performance best-practices, and more! ⚡️
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This page explains use cases and examples of SSH tunnels while visually presenting the traffic flows. For example, here's a reverse tunnel that allows only users from IP address 1.2.3.4 access to port 80 on the SSH client through an SSH server.
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President Biden's open dislike of Facebook could spell problems for the social network.
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On the benefits of speedy software, and how it affects user perception of engineering quality and overall usability
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It’s never been a secret that pro wrestling isn’t on the level, with plenty of stories on the subject going back all the way to the 1850s. The true reason it was a prearranged exhibition may have changed from fleecing gamblers to increasing entertainment value and maximizing box office revenue with more compelling rivalries, but regardless, it’s always been this way. While “everyone” knew, people in the wrestling business would either keep mum or go to absurd lengths to defend their field’s legitimacy, including inviting skeptics to try out stars with legitimate backgrounds so non-fans could be tortured. Eventually, 30 years ago this week, that cat was let out of the bag for good.
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A historian of fascism and political atrocity on Trump, the mob and what comes next.
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Private equity monopolist Orlando Bravo made billions by putting our whole society at risk.
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For decades, scientists have been hot-wiring viruses in hopes of preventing a pandemic, not causing one. Nicholson Baker examines the evidence that the COVID-19 coronavirus escaped from a lab.
